Extreme weather in Queensland and New South Wales brought strong rainfall, floods and electricity outages for thousands of residents.
Extreme weather caused by Alfred Cyclone in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales has so far claimed one victim and several other injured. More than 300,000 households and businesses along the east coast have lost electricity, TASR writes, according to AP and AP reports.
After a few days, during which Alfred approached the Australian coast as a tropical cyclone of 2 categories, he weakened to tropical depression and hit the mainland on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the only known victim is a 61-year-old man whose car was swept by water from the bridge near Dorrigo on Friday about 540 kilometers south of Brisbane. Although he first managed to capture the branch of the tree, the water later pulled him down and the police found his body on Saturday.
“There are now a real threat locally strong to intense rainfall, which can lead to tidal floods,” said the Australian Meteorological Office (BOM). Rain and flood threat will persist next week.
Strong wind gusts and heavy rain pulled the power lines in several places along the approximately 400 kilometers long section of the coast that hit the depression. According to the local authorities, there were more than 310,000 in Queensland on Sunday, and at least 16,000 real estate without energy.
Extreme weather will hit approximately three million people,
“Customers must be prepared to be without a current for a few days … The biggest problems in restoring electricity supply will be rising flood water and flooded river turtles, fallen vegetation and muds of mud affecting access roads,” said Essential Energy.
Extreme weather will hit approximately three million people, especially the inhabitants of Brisbane and its surroundings. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the situation in the region as “very serious”.
